Water (drench)

Corona Del Mar Beach: Haven for Sunsets and Circle Walks

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Corona Del Mar Beach is a bit of an oddity in the OC beach scene.  It doesn’t fit into any of the regular categories. For instance, it appears to be one beach but there are 3 very distinctly separate areas with different names. I had to enlist the help of readers on our page on [...]

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Huntington State Beach: A Relaxing Slice of Sand Off Brookhurst

Huntington State Beach

Visiting Huntington State Beach is a great way to show your support for the California state park system. My friend, Nancy, introduced it to me last summer. I find it’s worth the drive for the kids to get a great ocean and beach experience, even though I live a fair distance away. I didn’t include [...]

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Capistrano Beach Park: Ocean-Side Train Watching and Sand Play

Capistrano Beach Park

Capistrano Beach Park, better known as Capo Beach, is one of my favorite Orange County beaches – not for swimming – but just to pull into the parking lot, pile out, and be in the sand right away. It’s often foggy in the morning, like the slideshow photos. It neighbors Doheny Beach and boasts brilliant [...]

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Splash Parks and Water Play in Orange County

Water Play

Orange County Splash Parks and Water Play (Inspired by Sharlene, Tina, and Erin) Updated for Summer 2011 One of Fun Orange County Parks’ regular readers asked about local “spray parks” for water play – and even gave some suggestions herself. I keep hearing that Southern California, especially OC, lacks spray parks. My only explanation is [...]

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Splashy Play at Irvine Spectrum

Water Play Irvine Shopping

Now that the weather is heating up, I’ve received lots of requests for water play areas at local parks. As always, I’m starting with what I know. And although I don’t know Irvine shopping – I’m pretty good at playing at the Spectrum. Last week, I took my 3 year old out to see what [...]

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